"make old bones" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes old bones [present, singular, third-person], making old bones [participle, present], made old bones [participle, past], made old bones [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> old bones}} make old bones (third-person singular simple present makes old bones, present participle making old bones, simple past and past participle made old bones)
  1. (informal, chiefly in the negative) To live to an old age. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-make_old_bones-en-verb-5-QFEfkI Categories (other): English negative polarity items, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 34
  2. (informal, chiefly in the negative) To last a long time; to last or store well. Tags: informal Related terms: not long for this world
    Sense id: en-make_old_bones-en-verb-4X-2SmYe Categories (other): English negative polarity items, English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 33 67

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